Na Hang district
old district of Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam
Na Hang [na̤ː˨˩:haːŋ˧˧] is a former rural district of Tuyên Quang province in the Northeastern region of Vietnam.
History
Its name may have been handed down for thousands of years, when Tai ethnic groups started migrating from Yunnan to the South region. Nà Hang (นา ร่อง) means "last fields" (or understand as "lowerland") in Tày language, which indicated the terrain of the land.
According to the explanation of the folk, the fields in the lowlands are always the meeting place of many water streams, so that place is considered as a beautiful terrain.
Middle Ages
According to books An Nam chí lược, An Nam chí nguyên, Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư and Đại Nam nhất thống chí, Nà Hang barracks (Nà Hang trại) was originally the Southern part of Vị Long canton (Vị Long châu), which corresponded to some rural districts of modern Yunnan, Guangxi and some Northwestern provinces of Vietnam. Before the 15th century, this territory was almost not under the control of any country in reality, but it was ruled by many chiefs (p'tao, phìa tạo), who had received some favors from Annamese and Chinese emperors. They have proved cleverly taking advantage of both of these forces to be able to survive stable, by Prince Trần Nhật Duật's appreciation.
When the Ming Dynasty was temporarily successful in controlling An Nam as a province in 1407, Nà Hang really became an official administrative unit called Đại Man rural district (Đại Man huyện). Đại Man belonged to Tuyên Hóa prefecture (Tuyên Hóa phủ), by Ming Veritable Records. However, right after the Later Lê Dynasty captured most of the Giao Chỉ area in 1428, Đại Man belonged to Yên Bình prefecture (Yên Bình phủ) of Tuyên Quang garrison (Tuyên Quang trấn).
“Na Hang district” enters the record as old district of Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hang, district and Tuyen can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3711220. Authority coordinates are 22.353, 105.388. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1407 and 1428.
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